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Hundreds of scantily dressed people took part in the sauna debate festival hosted by the Estonian city of Tartu as part of its tenure as one of the European Capitals of Culture. Dubbed “Naked Truth,” the festival saw people heading to one of 11 mobile saunas put up along the river Emajogi to engage in moderated discussions on tradition, green lifestyle and peace. “The basic idea is to show the rest of society that we can deal with hate speech, polarization in the media and the toxic culture of conversation if we remember how we behave in the sauna,” organizer Hannele Valkeeniemi from the Finni…